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==Etymology== Toponym derives from Proto-Slavic ''*osojь'', meaning a shady place.

==Demographics== In 1873, the village had 12 Orthodox Christian households with 36 people.<ref>„Македония и Одринско. Статистика на населението от 1873 г.“ Македонски научен институт, София, 1995, стр.90-91.</ref> In 1900, the village had 250 Orthodox Christian inhabitants.<ref>Кънчов, В. Македония. Етнография и статистика, София, 1900, с.256</ref> In 1905, the village had 240 Bulgarian Exarchists.<ref>D.M.Brancoff. "La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne". Paris, 1905, р.154-155.</ref>

According to the 1942 Fascist Albanian census, Osoj was inhabited by a total of 229 Bulgarians and 53 Serbophone Orthodox Albanians.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://pop-stat.mashke.org/alb-historic/1942-diber-tetove-ethnicrel-loc.htm | title=Ethnic/Religious composition of Dibër and Tetovë prefectures }}</ref>

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 593 inhabitants.<ref name = Statisticaloffice/> Ethnic groups in the village include:<ref name = Statisticaloffice>Macedonian Census (2002), [http://www.stat.gov.mk/publikacii/knigaX.pdf ''Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion''], The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 113.</ref>

*Macedonians – 397 *Romani – 169 *Albanians – 67 *Serbs – 2 *Others – 28

As of the 2021 census, Osoj had 410 residents with the following ethnic composition:<ref>[https://makstat.stat.gov.mk/PXWeb/pxweb/en/MakStat/MakStat__Popisi__Popis2021__NaselenieVkupno__PodatociNaselenie/T1503P21.px/table/tableViewLayout2/?rxid=cc8e0490-07b6-4002-adf4-9b4891b66655 Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021]</ref> *Macedonians 142 *Albanians 27 *Roma 199 *Others 1 *Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 41

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Category:Villages in Kičevo Municipality